Northern Frontier Safari

The Northern Frontier 14-day flying safari takes you to the wonderful Meru National Park where you will stay at Elsa’s Kopje Lodge, made famous by the film ‘Born Free’ and George Adamsons’ lions. The highlight of this trip has to be the Masai Mara, offering a true wildlife experience, one that is hard to duplicate anywhere else in the world.

Day 1

You will be met on arrival in Nairobi and transferred to the forested Karen suburbs of Nairobi for your overnight stay at the House of Waine.

Day 2

This morning, relax by the swimming pool, or visit the nearby Karen Blixen museum or Giraffe Sanctuary. Optional visit to the craft markets in downtown Nairobi then return to the haven of your hotel for a gourmet dinner.

Overnight at the House of Waine.

Day 3

An early start this morning, you will be collected at 06:30 from your hotel and transferred to Wilson Airport to catch the 07:45 Air Kenya scheduled flight to Meru National Park. On arrival you will be met by a driver-guide and taken to Elsa’s Kopje Lodge. Made famous by the film ‘Born Free’ and George Adamson’s lions, the lodge and its 9 cottages are invisible to the eye as you approach the kopje. Settle in and relax by the swimming pool before lunch. After an early afternoon siesta at the poolside or on your own panoramic veranda, enjoy an extended afternoon game drive.

Overnight at Elsa’s Kopje Lodge

Day 4-5

Take an early morning guided walk in the bush to work up your appetite or an extended game drive with picnic breakfast to explore the many rivers transecting the park. You may come across basking hippos and crocodiles. Return to the lodge for lunch. Late afternoon sundowners in the park before a dusk game drive home.

Overnight at Elsa’s Kopje Lodge

Day 6

Leave Elsa’s Kopje on your private charter and fly across to Loisaba. You will be met by your driver-guide on arrival and driven to the Loisaba Lodge. Set in 60,000 acres of wilderness within a private conservancy area, this stunning lodge clings to the edge of a 500 foot escarpment with unsurpassed views which defy description. After lunch you could spend the afternoon at leisure or perhaps a gentle bush walk followed by a late afternoon game drive with sundowners.

Overnight at Loisaba Lodge

Day 7

Early morning breakfast followed by a game drive searching for lions, perhaps you may encounter elephants, Greater Kudu, Reticulated Giraffe, Beisa Oryx to name but a few. Alternatively you may wish to take a gentle horse ride along the banks of the Ewaso Nyiro River. Return for lunch by the swimming pool. Choose from a host of activities for the afternoon including tennis, mountain biking, walking, game driving or simply relaxing and being pampered in the lodge’s own spa. You have the option to sleep in Starbeds - raised wooden platforms with 4-poster beds, en-suite bathrooms and dining room, fully hosted by the Samburu, overlooking the river or the elephant bathing waterhole - can be arranged. The Starbed platforms have no walls or ceilings and provide blissful sleep under the huge celestial African sky.

Overnight at Loisaba Lodge – with Starbed option